Stefan D. Anker

68.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
351 papers, 24.4k citations indexed

About

Stefan D. Anker is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan D. Anker has authored 351 papers receiving a total of 24.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 79 papers in Physiology and 58 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Stefan D. Anker's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (147 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (71 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (68 papers). Stefan D. Anker is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (147 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (71 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (68 papers). Stefan D. Anker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Stefan D. Anker's co-authors include Andrew J.S. Coats, Stephan von Haehling, Piotr Ponikowski, Gerasimos Filippatos, Wolfram Doehner, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Philip A. Poole‐Wilson, Vickie E. Baracos, Lukas Radbruch and Faith D. Ottery and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Stefan D. Anker

342 papers receiving 23.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus

2011 4.0k citations Stefan D. Anker et al. profile →
Randomized trial to determine the effect of nebivolol on mortality and cardiovascular hospital admission in elderly patients with heart failure (SENIORS)

2005 1.1k citations Marcus Flather, Marcelo C. Shibata et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Wasting as independent risk factor for mortality in chronic heart failure

1997 1.1k citations Stefan D. Anker, Piotr Ponikowski et al. profile →
Prognostic importance of weight loss in chronic heart failure and the effect of treatment with angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors: an observational study

2003 531 citations Stefan D. Anker, Abdissa Negassa et al. profile →
Exercise Training in Heart Failure: From Theory to Practice. A Consensus Document of the Heart Failure Association and the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

2011 486 citations Massimo Piepoli, Viviane M. Conraads et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Clinical Phenotypes and Outcome of Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure: The ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

2017 321 citations Andrew J.S. Coats, Massimo Piepoli et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Intravenous Iron in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis

2018 293 citations Iain C. Macdougall, Stefan D. Anker et al. profile →
Effect of empagliflozin in patients with heart failure across the spectrum of left ventricular ejection fraction

2021 159 citations Javed Butler, Milton Packer et al. European Heart Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cachexia and Wasting in Chronic Illness: Regulatory and Clinical Trial Update 2025 ·Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Francesco Fioretti, Stephan von Haehling, Andrew J.S. Coats, Javed Butler, Egidio Del Fabbro, Richard J.E. Skipworth, Barry Laird, Stefan D. Anker	0
2	Survey on the knowledge and practices in anorexia of aging diagnosis and management in Japan 2024 ·Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Sahoko Takagi, Shosuke Satake, Ken Sugimoto, Masafumi Kuzuya, Masahiro Akishita, Hidenori Arai, Ivan Aprahamian, Andrew J.S. Coats, (unknown), Stefan D. Anker, Hidetaka Wakabayashi	1
3	Overcoming barriers to timely recognition and treatment of cancer cachexia: Sharing Progress in Cancer Care Task Force Position Paper and Call to Action 2023 ·Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology ·Jann Arends, (unknown), Stefan D. Anker, Riccardo A. Audisio, Rocco Barazzoni, Snežana Bošnjak, Paolo Bossi, (unknown), (unknown), Željko Krznarić, Florian Strasser, Matti Aapro	8
4	Growth Differentiation Factor-15 and the Effect of Empagliflozin in Heart Failure: Findings from the EMPEROR Program 2023 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·João Pedro Ferreira, Milton Packer, Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos, Stuart Pocock, James L. Januzzi, Naveed Sattar, Sandra González Maldonado, Marina Panova‐Noeva, Mikhail Sumin, Serge Masson, Stefan D. Anker, Faı̈ez Zannad	11
5	The cardiovascular effects of novel weight loss therapies 2023 ·European Heart Journal ·Muhammad Usman, Melanie J. Davies, Michael E. Hall, Subodh Verma, Stefan D. Anker, Julio Rosenstock, Javed Butler	17
6	Non‐adherence to heart failure medications predicts clinical outcomes: assessment in a single spot urine sample by liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry (results of a prospective multicentre study) 2021 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Pankaj Gupta, Adriaan A. Voors, Prashanth Patel, (unknown), Stefan D. Anker, John G.F. Cleland, Kenneth Dickstein, Gerasimos Filippatos, Chim C. Lang, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Marco Metra, Faı̈ez Zannad, Nilesh J. Samani, (unknown), Iain Squire, Leong L. Ng	17
7	Serum uric acid and outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure through the whole spectrum of ejection fraction phenotypes: Analysis of the ESC-EORP Heart Failure Long-Term (HF LT) Registry 2021 ·European Journal of Internal Medicine ·Giuseppe Ambrosio, (unknown), Lars H. Lund, Stefano Coiro, (unknown), Gerasimos Filippatos, Roberto Ferrari, Massimo Piepoli, Andrew J.S. Coats, Stefan D. Anker, Cécile Laroche, Luis Almenar‐Bonet, Pentti Põder, (unknown), Anna Frisinghelli, Aldo P. Maggioni	23
8	Coronary angiography in worsening heart failure: determinants, findings and prognostic implications 2017 ·Heart ·João Pedro Ferreira, Patrick Rossignol, Biniyam G. Demissei, Abhinav Sharma, Nicolas Girerd, Stefan D. Anker, John G.F. Cleland, Kenneth Dickstein, Gerasimos Filippatos, Hans L. Hillege, Chim C. Lang, Marco Metra, Leong L. Ng, Piotr Ponikowski, Nilesh J. Samani, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Adriaan A. Voors, Faı̈ez Zannad	14
9	Rationale and Design of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Event-Driven, Multicentre Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Rivaroxaban with Placebo for Reducing the Risk of Death, Myocardial Infarction or Stroke in Subjects with Heart Failure and Significant Coronary Artery Disease Following an Exacerbation of Heart Failure: The COMMANDER HF Trial 2015 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Faı̈ez Zannad, Barry Greenberg, John G.F. Cleland, Mihai Gheorghiade, (unknown), Mandeep R. Mehra, Stefan D. Anker, William M. Byra, Min Fu, Roger M. Mills	60
10	The Impact of Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose on Renal Function: An Analysis of the FAIR-HF Study 2015 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Piotr Ponikowski, Gerasimos Filippatos, Josep Comín Colet, Ronnie Willenheimer, Kenneth Dickstein, Thomas F. Lüscher, (unknown), B. Rothe, Claudio Mori, Nicola Greenlaw, Ian Ford, Iain C. Macdougall, Stefan D. Anker, (unknown)	82
11	Thrombo-Embolism and Antithrombotic Therapy for Heart Failure in Sinus Rhythm. A Joint Consensus Document from the ESC Heart Failure Association and the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis 2012 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Gregory Y.H. Lip, Piotr Ponikowski, (unknown), Stefan D. Anker, Gerasimos Filippatos, Shunichi Homma, João Morais, Patrick Pullicino, Lars Hvilsted Rasmussen, Francisco Marı́n, Deirdre A. Lane, (unknown), John J.V. McMurray, Arno W. Hoes, Jurriën M. ten Berg, Raffaele De Caterina, Steen Dalby Kristensen, Uwe Zeymer	54
12	The obesity paradox in chronic disease: facts and numbers 2012 ·Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Mitja Lainščak, Stephan von Haehling, Wolfram Doehner, Stefan D. Anker	103
13	Beyond the Cardiorenal Anaemia Syndrome: Recognizing the Role of Iron Deficiency 2012 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Iain C. Macdougall, Bernard Canaud, Ángel L.M. de Francisco, Gerasimos Filippatos, Piotr Ponikowski, Donald S. Silverberg, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Stefan D. Anker	66
14	Anaemia Among Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction: Results from the SENIORS Study 2011 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Stephan von Haehling, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Sy Ha, Daphne Babalis, Rudolf A. de Boer, Andrew J.S. Coats, Luís Manzano, Marcus Flather, Stefan D. Anker	50
15	Exercise Training in Heart Failure: From Theory to Practice. A Consensus Document of the Heart Failure Association and the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation breakdown → 2011 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Massimo Piepoli, Viviane M. Conraads, Ugo Corrà, Kenneth Dickstein, Dárrel P. Francis, Tiny Jaarsma, John J.V. McMurray, Burkert Pieske, Ewa Piotrowicz, Jean-Paul Schmid, Stefan D. Anker, Alain Cohen Solal, Gerasimos Filippatos, Arno W. Hoes, (unknown), Pantaleo Giannuzzi, Piotr Ponikowski	486
16	Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Heart Failure 2011 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Luís Manzano, Daphne Babalis, Sy Ha, Marcelo C. Shibata, Stefan D. Anker, Stefano Ghio, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Alain Cohen‐Solal, Andrew J.S. Coats, Philip Poole-Wilson, Marcus Flather	94
17	Telemedical Interventional Monitoring in Heart Failure (TIM-HF), a Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial Investigating the Impact of Telemedicine on Mortality in Ambulatory Patients with Heart Failure: Study Design 2010 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Friedrich Koehler, Sebastian Winkler, Michael Schieber, Udo Sechtem, Karl Stangl, Michael Böhm, H. Boll, (unknown), Kerstin Koehler, (unknown), Marcus Honold, (unknown), Thomas Schweizer, Martin Braecklein, Bridget‐Anne Kirwan, Goetz Gelbrich, Stefan D. Anker	146
18	The Safety and Tolerability of Darbepoetin Alfa in Patients with Anaemia and Symptomatic Heart Failure 2009 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Marc Klapholz, William T. Abraham, Jalal K. Ghali, Piotr Ponikowski, Stefan D. Anker, Beat Knüsel, Yan Sun, Scott M. Wasserman, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen	24
19	Heart Transplantation in Heart Failure: The Prognostic Importance of Body Mass Index at Time of Surgery and Subsequent Weight Changes 2007 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Andrew L. Clark, Christoph Knosalla, Emma J. Birks, Matthias Loebe, Constantinos H. Davos, Sui Tsang, Abdissa Negassa, Magdi H. Yacoub, Roland Hetzer, Andrew J.S. Coats, Stefan D. Anker	28
20	The anti-CD14 Antibody IC14 Suppresses Ex Vivo Endotoxin Stimulated Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure 2005 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Sabine Genth‐Zotz, Stephan von Haehling, Aidan P. Bolger, Paul R. Kalra, Roland Wensel, Andrew J.S. Coats, Hans‐Dieter Volk, Stefan D. Anker	21

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